Israel business

Rethinking risk: Why Israel is no longer the outlier - opinion

The world no longer behaves as we once knew. Europe is now under quiet but noticeable pressure and the Middle East is stable but can face sudden disruptions

Investors are beginning to ask where systems continue to function under stress.
Ashdod Port

Record profits for Ashdod Port Company in 2025

Finance Committee chair MK Hanoch Milwidsky leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah, March 15, 2026.

Knesset advances compensation for businesses impacted by war, benefits for reservists

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at cabinet meeting to vote on 2026 budget, December 5, 2025.

Knesset about to pass budget already seen as irrelevant


Regulator tells Horesh-Harel not to help choose ICC-CAL CEO

Union Investments and Harel are due to buy the ICC-CAL stake at a company valuation of NIS 3.75-4 billion, depending on the credit card company's performance

Using a credit card.

HP Israel to lay off up to 90 employees as part of global cost-cutting plan

The reorganization plan at HP was first presented in November 2022, at the height of the crisis in the global tech industry due to rising interest rates.

HP Indigo building, Ness Ziona, Israel.

Bank of Israel chief warns of deep war impact even as economy shows resilience

The governor of the Bank of Israel talks about how even the optimistic scenario of the end of the war does not guarantee a soft landing.

 BANK OF Israel Governor Amir Yaron speaks at a news conference in Jerusalem last month. The regulatory shaming announced by the central bank this week is a step in the right direction, the writer maintains.

Amid war and investor pullback, US fund manager Ezra Gardner keeps faith in Israeli tech

Ezra Gardner, who co-founded the most active foreign VC fund in Israel, warns that overseas investors are shunning the country, but still says he’s “never been more optimistic” about it.

Ezra Gardner

Shekel surges as Trump announces Israel-Gaza ceasefire

The shekel-US dollar exchange rate was set at NIS 3.2420/$ and the shekel-euro rate set at NIS 3.7635/€.

 Gold Is Now Outperforming Stocks and Bonds

JVP raises $290M from TPG to propel insurtech unicorn Earnix’s AI revolution

Deal delivered an 8.7x return to early investors

Earnix

Two private power providers sign major supply deals

Hundreds of thousands of Israeli households receive electricity at a discount from private suppliers

 Dalia Energy

Thoma Bravo in talks to buy Israeli cybersecurity firm Armis at $5b. valuation

Insight Partners is in talks to sell Israeli cybersecurity firm Armis to Thoma Bravo for $5B, possibly ahead of an IPO. Insight Partners could gain up to $3B.

 Cyber attacks spiked in 2021

Tel Aviv business put under closure order after employing two illegal residents

Officers found two illegal residents, both in their 30s, staying and working at the bar-restaurant on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv without legal permits.

Police shut Tel Aviv business for hiring illegal residents

Israel's economy must function amid Iran attacks, chairman of umbrella business org says

 “The Israeli economy has been operating for nearly two years in a state of war and has gained significant experience in handling emergency situations."

 A road in Tel Aviv, June 14, 2025.